Locomotive light



June 24 1924.

J. F. CUMM.INS ET AL LOCOMOTIVE LIGHT Filed Aug. 26, 1922 INVENTOR W 5 BY my ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented June 24, 19241? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES F. CUMMINS AND LYLE B. VAIL, OF BESSEMER, ALABAMA.

LOGOMO'I'IVE LIGHT.

Application filed August 26, 1922. Serial No. 584,437.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, JAMES F. CUMMINs and LYLE B. VAIL, citizens of the United States, residing at Bessemer, in the county of Jefferson and State of Alabama, have invented new and useful Improvements in Locomotive Lights, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to illuminating devices, particularly to devices for use upon locomotives and has for its object theprovision of a drop light mounted above the foot board of a yard or switching locomotive, the light being for the benefit of the switchman having occasion to jump on and off the foot board and serving to prevent the switchman from tripping and falling with the probable result of being seriously injured.

Another object is the provision of a drop light of this character which is shielded so as not to have a blinding effect while brightly illuminating the foot board, the light being moreover formed as an extension of the locomotive headlight that is: energized by the same source of current and plugged into the headlight circuit.

An additional object is the provision of a device of this character which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, and installation, efficient and durable in use and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantagesin view the invention consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: V

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a locomotive showing the device applied,

Figure 2 is a side elevation.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the letter A designates a locomotive having the usual foot board B, and C designates the headlight which includes an incandescent bulb D energized from any suitable source of current by feed wires E.

- In carrying out our invention we provide a drop light structure which includes a pyramidal shade 10 which is preferably somewhat elongated as shown and which is carried by a pipe section 11 which is connected by an elbow 12 with a pipe 13 which extends upwardly along side of the engine boiler and which is secured thereto by means of brackets or clips indicated at 14. Mounted with in the shade 10 is a socket 15 carrying an incandescent bulb 16 which provides the illuminating means and the wires17 leading to this socket pass through the pipe 11, elbow 12 and pipe 13 to a point adjacent the headlight C where they are attached to the wires E.

In the use of the device it will be seen that the drop light will operate to illuminate the. foot board so that the switchman will be sure of his footing and will not stumble when jumping on to the running board. The device thus operates as a great safe guard for reducing casualties.

While we have shown and described the preferredembodiment of the invention it is of course to be understood that we reserve the right to make such changes in the form, construction and arrangement of parts 'as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim. 7

Having thus described our invention we claimr A light attachment for locomotives comprising a shade mounted above the foot board of the locomotive, a pipe extending along side of and secured to the boiler and carrying the shade, a socket held within the shade, an incandescent bulb within the socket and feed wires for thebulb connected with said socket extending through said pipe and connected with the feed wires of the headlight.

Intestimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

JAMES F. CUMMINS. 'LYLE B. VAIL. 

